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The Gujarat assembly on Thursday passed a bill proposing amendments to the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003 paving way for more stringent punishment for forced religious conversions through marriage. The amendment bill provides for up to ten years of jail for fradulent or forced conversion by marriage.
GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat assembly on Thursday passed a bill proposing amendments to the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003 paving way for more stringent punishment for forced religious conversions through marriage. The amendment bill provides for up to ten years of jail for fradulent or forced conversion by marriage.
As per the government, the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2021 sought to curtail emerging trend in which women are lured to marriage for the purpose of religious conversion . The main opposition Congress voted against the bill.
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Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], April 1 (ANI): The state government is set to amend the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003 to bring more stringent punishment against forced religious conversions through marriage.
Speaking to the media, Gujarat Home Minister Pradipsinh Jadeja said, We are going to make amendments to Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003. Today, we are going to present a law before the state Assembly, that will stop people from luring Hindu girls into marriage with the intention of religious conversion.
Earlier in February, the BJP-led the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Bill, 2021 was passed by the state Legislative Assembly by voice vote.
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